A Short History Of The Life Of Major John Bernardi.
Bound in contemporary calf with gilt edging and rebacked spine with gilt decoration and red morocco label. A few stains but otherwise fine.
£220.00
Details
PLEA OF AN OFFICER IMPRISONED IN NEWGATE WITHOUT TRIAL FOR FORTY YEARS
Publisher
London: Printed by J.Newcomb, in the Strand, for the Benefit of the Author.,
Date
1729
Synopsis
Written by himself in newgate, where he has been for near 33 years a prisoner of state, without any allowance from the government, and could never be admitted to his tryal. to which is added by way of appendix, a true copy of the diploma, or patent of count of the empire, granted to the the author's grand-father in the year 1629, and a translation of it into english. as also copies of the major's several commissions, etc.
Item Description
Small 8vo., [ii] + 135 + [3] pp. Appendix and Copies separately paginated, 62 pp. with own title page, The Appendix. Containing The Diploma in Latin and English, and the Copies of the Major's several Commissions, Etc.
Notes
Major John Bernardi, a Genoese nobleman, fought for the Dutch against Louis XIV and later served under James II in Ireland. Remaining in England after the latter's abdication, he was held in prison without trial under a succession of Protestant monarchs for forty years.
[Stock No. 19097]
Subjects
18th Century • Autobiography • English • History • Irish • Naval/Military • Non-fiction • Politics